THE RUM RUNNERS.
UNCLE SAM ACTIVE. CANADIAN STEAMER SEIZED. NEW YORK, July 0. The latest development in the fight of the United States against rum-runners came yesterday, when a destroyer invaded "Rum Row," 70 miles off shore and seized the Canadian schooner Sumner. This is the first time the high seas beyond the. twelve-mile limit have been invaded. The Government's case is based upon the establishment of a conspiracy between the crew and Americans on shore. America ie apparently undertaking the right to make seizures anywhere under these circumstances. — (Sviniev ■•.-■un. ;
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 10 July 1926, Page 9
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